by Adam | Sunday 31 July 2011
On a serious note, today's New York Times front page article about two star-crossed teenage lovers in Afghanistan has to be one of the most insane and heart-breaking things I've read in a while. You should read it too. On...
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by Adam | Friday 29 July 2011
Extraordinarily honored to have an op-ed running in Haaretz today. It's currently trending on the front page. Check it out! For the many whose priorities have shifted away from Israel, now is the time to focus on specific issues. The...
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by Adam | Wednesday 27 July 2011
From the (always thrilling) Times obit section today. Mr. Gwirtzman liked to tell the story of how as a young operative in the 1960 Kennedy presidential campaign he was asked by Mr. Sorensen to find out how many Catholics had...
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by Adam | Sunday 24 July 2011
I'm taking the bait about Amy Winehouse's unsettling death and adding my voice to the commentariat. She was extremely talented and tragically a cultural punchline, even now in death. This is really sad news. Appreciate:...
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by Adam | Friday 22 July 2011
of Canada honored me recently, by reprinting my latest gem in the Huffington Post in their paper and on their website this week. Check it out if you haven't read it. If you have read it, then thank you....
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by Adam | Thursday 21 July 2011
In the midst of reading Philip Roth's I Married a Communist (don't act all surprised) and I'm early into it, but I stumbled across this passage and I wanted to unpack it. I wanted to partake of the national character....
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by Adam | Friday 15 July 2011
Page One: Inside the NY Times: See it. It's not great, but it's interesting material, filled with great access and dynamic personalities. Midnight in Paris: Don't see it. Or don't see it at BAM where the others will laugh extra...
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by Adam | Sunday 10 July 2011
With rumors of Yao Ming's retirement from the NBA, I am saddened by how little play the news has been getting. The oft-injured big man was not only a dominant force on the court, but instrumental in bringing HUNDREDS...
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by Adam | Wednesday 6 July 2011
Friends, Here is a new little work of mine on the ol' (err...new) Huffington Post. Check it out. It's true, there is no universal American equivalent to the Israeli rite of passage of compulsory army service. It is also true...
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by Adam | Tuesday 5 July 2011
Enjoy this 22-second time-lapse video of the NYC fireworks, which saved me a few hours of crushing through crowds and bros and strollers and drunks. I did enjoy the view from a roof in Brooklyn where the Macy's show...
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by Adam | Sunday 3 July 2011
A song for your shitty rainy 3rd of July. Or perhaps just for my shitty rainy 3rd of July. "And at once I knew I was not magnificent."...
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